Central and Eastern Asia in Antiquity, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Central and Eastern Asia in Antiquity, Vol. 2Figure 41. Portico of Xerxes. (after Flandin and Coste) 42. Lion slaying a bull. Relief on the staircase of the Hall of Xerxes in Per sepolis. (after Rawlinson) 43. Palace guard. Relief on staircase of Xerxes. (after Ker Porter) 44. Relief on the staircase of Xerxes, at Persepolis. (after stolze-andreas) 45. The King enthroned. Relief from Darius's Hall of a Hundred Columns. (after stolze-andreas) 46. Ruins of Istakhr. Harem of Jemshid. (after Texier) 47. Tombs of the Kings, at naksh-i-rustam. Tomb of Darius. (after Texier) 48. Tower of Fire at naksh-i-rustam. (after Dieulafoy) 49. Seal of Darius 1. Cylinder in the British Museum 50. Vase of Xerxes. Paris. (after Léon de Rosny) 51. Darius Codomannus in the Battle of Issus. From the Mosaic at Pompeu 52. Silver Tetradrachm of Eucratides 53. Temple of Horus, plan 54. The open Vestibule of the Temple at Edfu. View from the interior, toward the rear of the pylons 55. Temple of Hathor plan 56. Roof of the Temple at Denderah 57. Coin-portrait of Arsaces 1. (after Mionnet and Visconti) 58. Silver Tetradrachm of Arsaces VI. (mithradates I.) Berlin. (after von Sallet) 59. Coin of Tigranes. Portrait. (after Mionnet) 60. Coin of Orodes. Portrait. (after Visconti) 61. Coin of Musa and Phraataces. (after Mionnet) 62, Hatra. (after Ross and Rawlinson) 63. Coins of Persepolis. (after Mordtmann) 64, Ahura Mazda giving Ardashir the ring of sovereignty. (after Texier) 65. Palace of Firuzabad 66, Portal of the Palace of Firuzabad 67. Facade at Sarbistan. (after Flandin and Coste) 68. Silver coin of Ardashir and his father Papak. (after Thomas) 69. Gem with Portrait of Sapor I. (garnet in Gotha) 70. Sapor's Triumph over Valerian. Relief at naksh-i-rustam. (after Stolze Andreas) 71. And 72. Statue of Sapor, before a grotto, near Shapur. Front and rear view. (after Texier) 73, The Goddess Anahita giving Varahran II. The Ring of Sovereignty. Re lief at N aksh-i-rustam. (after Texier) 74, Seal of an official. London, British Museum 75, Silver drachma of Sapor II. (after B. Dorn) 76. Persian warrior, armed in mail. (after Ker Porter) 7, Seal of Varahran kirman-shah. London, British Museum 78, Gem of Queen Binaki. (stroganoff Collection) 79, Talc Kesra (ctesiphon). (after Flandin and Coste, and Fergusson) 80, Gold coin of Chosroes Nushirvan. (after bartholomai-dorn)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.